Solana Fee Reform Proposal Divides Supporters as Charles Schwab Adds SOL Trading

Solana's first major governance cycle has revealed disagreement over how to change its transaction fees. Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana co-founder, believes a proposal tackles a real issue but says it asks voters to approve too much at once.

The proposal, SGP-0003, recommends eliminating the fixed signature fee and replacing it with a fee based on computation usage. Yakovenko supports this change, saying smaller transfers pay too much relative to network resources used.

However, he suggests splitting the work into two separate proposals: one to replace the fixed signature charge, and another to decide whether validators set the rate or an automatic system adjusts it using recent fees.

This decision could deter voters interested in only part of the proposal, leading them to vote against the whole thing.